New to Arcane, few questions!

[adamthemute]

Picked up my mage alt and specced Arcane. Having fun so far but wanted to clarify some things...

Vs. 2+ mobs you use Arcane Explosion over Blast? Keep spamming and use missile charges to not cap? Do you only use Barrage at 4 stacks right before the pack would die or keep them unless you need mana refunded/speed boost?

Also during the conserve phase...would you build up to 4 charges, spend missile charges (with Rune of Power ideally), dump with Barrage, then repeat? Or do you use some Blasts with 4 charges if your mana permits it?

Thanks!

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Picked up my mage alt and specced Arcane. Having fun so far but wanted to clarify some things...

Vs. 2+ mobs you use Arcane Explosion over Blast? Keep spamming and use missile charges to not cap? Do you only use Barrage at 4 stacks right before the pack would die or keep them unless you need mana refunded/speed boost?

Also during the conserve phase...would you build up to 4 charges, spend missile charges (with Rune of Power ideally), dump with Barrage, then repeat? Or do you use some Blasts with 4 charges if your mana permits it?

Thanks!

Vs 2 targets use AE + missiles
Vs pacs perform your st rotation but use AE instead of AB. Use 4x AE + ArB if you need more sustained aoe dmg (during fights with long aoe phases).

During conserve phase if you have enough mana to cast few more 4 charges AB do it, it is always dps gain, but be carefull to not Burn to much mana

Moreover line MoA with RoP do not delay it.

[trm90]

- vs 2+ mobs just keep spamming AE, I normally don't dump the AM procs unless it's big meaty mobs and one needs to die soon (e.g. Guldan adds), or if I'm accelerating Evocation with 4-set. Just Barrage when you're in a conserve phase AoE rotation, or use with Charged Up to dump two in a row (but Resonance will do the same damage for less casts if it's 4+ mobs).

- a) With Kilt: at mana >=25%, build to 4 charges, missiles, repeat.

b) Without Kilt: At around 50%, I normally build to ~3 charges, dump AMs, repeat. If Evocation is coming off cooldown soon, then you can build to 4 -> missiles - > barrage, this will slowly drain your mana to near 0 then you can Evocate and keep going. This comes with experience, your mana pool will change slightly with gear so you just need to practice.

I personally don't drop RoPs during conserve phase, even if I have missiles up. By the way, if you have the mana refund MoA trait, I would also use Mark of Aluneth (always with a RoP) on cooldown.